Minimalism

Serial Forms and Repetition

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Yayoi Kusama. Accumulation of Stamps, 63. 1962.
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Eva Hesse. Repetition Nineteen III. 1968.
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Eva Hesse. Repetition Nineteen III. 1968.
Eva Hesse. Repetition Nineteen, Second of 3 versions. 1967.
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Eva Hesse. Repetition Nineteen. 1967.
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Eva Hesse. Repetition Nineteen I. 1967-68.
Lets compare these two versions of
Repetition Nineteen
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The earlier version is made with
paper mach, aluminum screen
and paint. The latter version is
made with fiberglass.
How do the materials change the
piece?
Eva Hesse. Repetition Nineteen I. 1967.
Eva Hesse. Repetition Nineteen III. 1968.
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Sol LeWitt. Serial Project, I (ABCD). 1966.
The serial artist does not attempt to produce a beautiful or mysterious object
but functions merely as a clerk cataloging the results of his premise.
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Sol LeWitt. (332) From all Three-Part Variations on Three Different Kinds of Cubes. 1967-69.
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The serial artist does not attempt to produce a beautiful or mysterious object
but functions merely as a clerk cataloging the results of his premise.

Sol LeWitt
The Materials of Minimalism
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Donald Judd. Untitled (Stack). 1967.
What are characteristics that
Untitled (Stack) shares with
painting.

What characteristics does it share
with sculpture?
Consider formal traits such as
line, shape, color, materials and
dimensionality.
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Donald Judd. Untitled (Stack).
1967.
Yayoi Kusama. Accumulation of Stamps, 63. 1962.
What are the similarities and differences
between Judd and Kusama?
Dan Flavin. Monument 1 for V. Tatlin. 1964.
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One might not think of light as a
matter of fact, but I do. And it is
as plain and open and direct an
art as you will ever find.

Dan Flavin
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Vladimir Tatlin and Nikolai Punin.
Pamiatnik III Internatsionala. 1920.
Dan Flavin. Monument 1 for V. Tatlin. 1964.
Lets compare these two artworks.
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Donald Judd. Untitled (Stack).
1967.
Dan Flavin. Monument 1 for V. Tatlin. 1964.
Lets compare Judd and Flavin.
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Frank Stella. The Marriage of Reason and Squalor, II. 1959.
Constructing Space
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Richard Serra. One Ton Prop (House of Cards). 1969
(refabricated 1986).
Even though it seemed it might
collapse, it was in fact
freestanding. You could see
through it, look into in, walk
around it, and I thought,
Theres no getting around it.
This is sculpture.

Richard Serra


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Richard Serra. Equal (Corner Prop Piece). 1969-70.
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Robert Morris. Untitled. 1969.
Felt has anatomical
associationsit relates to
the bodyit's skinlike.

Robert Morris


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Richard Serra. One Ton Prop (House of Cards).
1969 (refabricated 1986).
Richard Serra. One Ton Prop (House of
Cards). 1969 (refabricated 1986).
Lets compare Serras One Ton Prop
(House of Cards) with Morriss Untitled
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Dan Flavin. pink out of a corner (to
Jasper Johns). 1963.
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Dan Flavin. pink out of a corner (to
Jasper Johns). 1963.
Jasper Johns. Flag. 195455 (dated on reverse 1954).
This work is dedicated to Jasper Johns,
whose painting Flag also blurred the
boundaries between real objects and their
representation.
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Barnett Newman. Vir Heroicus Sublimis. 1950-51.
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Dan Flavin. pink out of a corner
(to Jasper Johns). 1963.
Barnett Newman. Onement III. 1949.
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Robert Smithson. Corner Mirror with Coral. 1969.
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Robert Smithson. Spiral Jetty. Rozel Point, Great Salt Lake, Utah. 1970